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Towards the latter end of the season, Goldsmith Maid was at a 

 disadvantage from her near forefoot ; on this there was an en- 

 largement from a blow, which caused her some trouble. But 

 Lady Thorn was then at her best, and she made three heats ac 

 Narragansett which were as fast in the aggi-egate as those of 

 Goldsmith Maid at Buffalo, though they were not all below 2m 

 20s., the last, a fourth heat, being 2m. 21s. 



For the season of 1870, Goldsmith Maid was put in condition 

 at the Fashion Course. She began at Prospect Park in June, by 

 beating George Wilkes and American Girl on the 2d of that 

 month in three straight heats. At Boston on the 15th, she beat 

 American Girl and George Palmer in three heats ; and on the 20th 

 beat George Palmer and American Girl in four heats, he winning 

 one. At Narragansett on the 24th, she beat the same horses. 

 And at Fleetwood Park on the 11th of July, she beat them again. 

 Now she met with a defeat from "her old antagonist Lady Thorn. 

 That mare had been sold to Mr. Henry N. Smith, and was in the 

 hands of Dan Mace. On the Fourth of July at the Fashion 

 Course, she had defeated George Palmer, George Wilkes, Lucy 

 and American Girl. On the 22d she and Goldsmith Maid trotted 

 at Prospect Park and the Lady won in three straight heats. It 

 is my belief, and has been for some time, that when Lady Thorn 

 and Goldsmith Maid trotted this race, Mr. Smith owned them 

 both. Lady Thorn made one trot afterwards, that at Rochester 

 against George Palmer, and then owing to her accident, the 

 courses which had known her for eight years knew her no more. 

 Goldsmith Maid went on to Buffalo, where she beat George Pal- 

 mer in three straight heats in a gale of wind, the third in 2m. 20s. 

 She also won at Long Branch, at Philadelphia, at Boston, at 

 Narragansett and at Prospect Park. She won eleven times that 

 season, but did^ not beat 2m. 20s., in any heat. But among the 

 eleven was a splendid race to wagons against George Wilkes at 

 Prospect Park. She won this in 2m. 24Js., 2m. 25Js., 2in. 25^8. 



She spent the winter at Bristol, Pennsylvania, and was trained 



